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Sweetchild o mine amp settings — M-Vave Tank G V2

The Guns n roses guitar tone for “Sweetchild o mine”, dialed in for a M-Vave Tank G V2 with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Appetite for Destruction (1987) — intro riff / lead tone

Original rig

1959 Les Paul Standard Replica (Kris Derrig build, Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro pickups) into rented SIR modded Marshall Super Lead (Stock #39 / #36 modded by Frank Levi / Tim Caswell)

Warm, singing, mid-forward neck-pickup Marshall lead crunch

Amp settings — M-Vave Tank G V2

CHANNELAmp Type 5 (Plexi / British Crunch) + 4x12 Greenback IRBRIGHToffBOOSTon

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	6
Mid	7
Treble	5
Reverb	3
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Tank G Overdrive Block (TS-Style Boost)

Used as a clean mid-boost into the British amp model

Gain 2 · Tone 5 · Level 8

02Tank G Delay Block

Subtle slap/quarter-note studio ambiance

Time 4 · Feedback 3 · Mix 3

03Tank G Reverb Block

Plate reverb

Decay 4 · Mix 3

Why these settings

Slash used warm Alnico II humbuckers with a rolled-off neck tone, so roll your Strat's neck tone knob down to 7 to shave the single-coil glassiness and boost the Tank-G mids to 7. Amp Type 5 captures the modified Marshall crunch, tightened up by running the onboard OD block with low gain and high level. Main rhythm switch: switch to bridge pickup and roll the Strat tone knob wide open to 10.

PRO TIPPick near the middle of the string span rather than close to the bridge, and use the rounded edge of a heavy pick to replicate Slash's thick, fluty neck-pickup attack on the opening arpeggios.

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